I\'ve had lots of \"aha\" moments in photography - moments of powerful realizations or understanding that moved my work forward in significant ways. One was when I spent four hours with a friend who is a master printer working over a photograph of mine some years back when I was trying to \"get\" this who digital post thing, and watching how he \"thought his way through\" the image changed my approach to printing completely. It wasn\'t a technical thing as much as a sense of \"ah, that\'s what I\'m trying to make!\"
Recently I had another related to some ways of thinking about what a photograph can do. I won\'t bore you with the details, but I hope that a few of my photographs may give evidence of this new way of thinking about images.
As to equipment, I have never, not once, had anything approaching the powerful \"aha!\" moment of realization and comprehension that affects the way I see and photograph.
Photographic equipment is simply the set of tools we use. There is little or nothing profound about it, and it does little to inform my \"seeing.\"
Dan
Grantland wrote:
Hi,
Reminiscing a bit . . . Do you have a memory of when you first acquired some new equipment and you were just amazing in it\'s ability. I recall when I first bought my magic drainpipe 10 years ago. I had never owned a lens with a fixed aperture of f/2.8. The first day out after shooting some pics of my dog I was stunned at the quality and/or difference in my pictures compared to my other lenses. The bokeh was amazing to me. An \"aha\" moment for sure.
I started thinking about this because I was shooting my 400 f/2.8 the other day and when I looked at the pictures I thought, \"Man, these are amazing pictures\". Not being egotistical because I am far from a super great photographer. Just realizing how some equipment (lens this time) help capture amazing pics.
Do you have an \"aha\" moment/memory when some newly acquired equipment you purchased just did something to you or brought you to the next level in photography?
Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out there.
Grant
May 12, 2013 at 07:06 PM
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